The Food Chain

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Across
  1. 3. A ___________ is an animal that eats both plants and animals?
  2. 5. A __________ is an animal that eats only plants?
  3. 7. Animals that eat decaying matter (dead plants and animals) are called __________.
  4. 9. A __________ is an example of a decomposer.
  5. 10. Decomposers release nutrients back into the soil to be used by __________.
Down
  1. 1. Food chains make a full __________, and energy is passed from plants to animals to animals to decomposers and back to plants
  2. 2. A ___________ is an animal that eats only animals?
  3. 4. The process by which plants produce their own food is called __________.
  4. 6. Plants are called __________ because they “produce” their own food.
  5. 8. Animals are called __________ because they cannot produce their own food so they need to “consume” (eat) plants and/or animals.